A fishy tale

[gullyworm]

The other night when i was fishing i was fishing 3 hooked clipped down rigs with 12lb fluro line at distance.
Anyway on my second retrieval i noticed my middle snood had been snipped off by the crabs.
Well tonight i d just gutted a bass and was going through its stomach contents (as you do on a sunday evening in) it was full of hardbacks,about 8 in all the size of 50ps,and there it was 6 inches of snood with my stop knot bead sequin and hook ,still with the ragworm atached.
Well i never
This bass then took my squid bait 3 hours later.

[maghouse]

Shows the Bass patrol the same area over & over ....

The other interesting thing I have noticed about big Bass is that when fishing together you only ever get 1 biggie a night - I have had a 5lb Bass & no more likewise with 3-4lb Bass - either one of us will get one but then no more ? Proves perhaps the big Bass are on solitary patrol in their own territory ?

Anyone else noticed this ?

[geejayy]

Originally Posted by maghouse

The other interesting thing I have noticed about big Bass is that when fishing together you only ever get 1 biggie a night - I have had a 5lb Bass & no more likewise with 3-4lb Bass - either one of us will get one but then no more ? Proves perhaps the big Bass are on solitary patrol in their own territory ?

Anyone else noticed this ?

yes i've noticed the same, one theory i've heard is that same age groups shoal together but by the time they get up around 5lb most of the shoal has been caught or otherwise predated.

either that or, as you say, larger fish are more solitary maybe because they don't need to shaol for protection or to avoid competition for food,

i don't know for sure but it either seems to be (from the shore) lots of schoolies, one or two at 3-4lb or one solitary big un.
i've never had two over 6lb on the same session and if i've been catching schoolies i've never had a significantly larger one from amongst them.

[wellyfish]

how bizzare getting your snood back , i remember when living in guernsey i had about 12 bass in 2 hours using a rapala all about the 2lb mark at one stage i thought i was catching the same fish again and again then got one about 6lb i cant work them out !!! also when i fished teignmouth i had 2 in 5 minutes 8lb and 5lb and when i gutted them the were full of hard backs and spider crabs , so i dont buy peelers anymore

[Rob M]

Just goes to show that its worth staying in the same spot John, interesting stuff

Rob

[slicarp]

Originally Posted by wellyfish

how bizzare getting your snood back , i remember when living in guernsey i had about 12 bass in 2 hours using a rapala all about the 2lb mark at one stage i thought i was catching the same fish again and again then got one about 6lb i cant work them out !!! also when i fished teignmouth i had 2 in 5 minutes 8lb and 5lb and when i gutted them the were full of hard backs and spider crabs , so i dont buy peelers anymore

we only buy peelers because they tell us that peelers are more attractive as when shedding there giving off more hormone/pheremone signals and they can charge us a fortune for them, and lets face it a little bit easier to mount on hook
must admit think i might give the old hard backs a try sometime though

[pingu]

well done on gettin g your gear back john

hopoe it does as well next time out for you

[Twiddler]

Bizzar things happen.....you gained a fish and got your rig back.....can't complain about that lol

[baitmaster]

very interesting indeed john bet thats making oyu think a bit now


tightlines
kevin

[John Marshall]

Originally Posted by gullyworm

and there it was 6 inches of snood with my stop knot bead sequin and hook ,still with the ragworm atached.
Well i never
This bass then took my squid bait 3 hours later.

Hi John, don't think its too strange, when fishing from the boat using a 6oz flashmere (pirk) with a 6/0 treble mounted on the end, I got broken off after just hitting bottom, shortly after (no idea really) maybe an hour, another angler boated a 6lb bass with my flashmere hanging from its mouth, he was using a shad.

So who knows?

John